Christopher Hall 
Britain, America and Arms Control 1921-37 [PDF ebook] 

Arms control diplomacy as a central factor in superpower relations is not a new phenomenon. In this book, Christopher Hall traces the rise and fall of a previous arms limitation effort, the naval treaties of the interwar years, which successfully controlled competition in the strategic weapons of that era — the battleships and other vessels of the British, American and other ‘great power’ navies. He shows the problems and their solutions — many of relevance today — which made the treaties possible, and their major role in the peaceful transfer of leadership of the west from the British Empire to the United States.